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NAEP Technical DocumentationNumber of Items in the 2016 Arts Assessment

Number of items as defined before scaling, music national assessment, by grade: 2016
Grade	Total
8	62
NOTE: The number in this table represents the count of items before scaling, and includes only the responding process items that were used in scaling. Univariate scaling was performed. In 2016, grades 4 and 12 were not assessed. SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences, National Center for Education Statistics, National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), 2016 Music Assessment.

Number of items as defined after scaling, music national assessment, by grade: 2016
Grade	Total
8	62
NOTE: The number in this table represents the post-scaling count of items, and includes only the responding process items that were used in scaling. The number of items may change between before scaling and after scaling because items could be dropped during the scaling process. Univariate scaling was performed. In 2016, grades 4 and 12 were not assessed. SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences, National Center for Education Statistics, National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), 2016 Music Assessment.

Number of items as defined before scaling, visual arts national assessment, by grade: 2016
Grade	Total
8	34
NOTE: The number in this table represents the count of items before scaling, and includes only the responding process items that were used in scaling. Univariate scaling was performed. In 2016, grades 4 and 12 were not assessed. SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences, National Center for Education Statistics, National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), 2016 Visual Arts Assessment.

Number of items as defined after scaling, visual arts national assessment, by grade: 2016
Grade	Total
8	33
NOTE: The number in this table represents the post-scaling count of items, and includes only the responding process items that were used in scaling. The number of items may change between before scaling and after scaling because items could be dropped during the scaling process. Univariate scaling was performed. In 2016, grades 4 and 12 were not assessed. SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences, National Center for Education Statistics, National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), 2016 Visual Arts Assessment.

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